Fire protection, smoke control, alarms, rated assemblies, exits, and egress. This summary compares the same disclosed title-term group across architectural, structural, civil, MEP, fire-and-life-safety, and general coordination records.
11,184
aggregate finding records
8
discipline cohorts
59.7%
Critical or High priority
Key findings
- Fire & Life Safety is the largest published fire and life safety cohort, with 3,615 finding records across 489 represented projects.
- Fire & Life Safety and Architectural together account for 56.6% of finding records across the eight discipline cohorts.
- 6,677 records (59.7%) are assigned Critical or High review priority.
- Published cohort volume ranges from 215 records in General & Coordination to 3,615 in Fire & Life Safety; the difference reflects review mix and scope, not discipline quality.
Compare fire and life safety findings by discipline
Each bar links to its full discipline benchmark. Counts are descriptive cohort totals, not normalized error rates or quality rankings.
Severity mix
| Severity | Findings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| critical | 847 | 7.6% |
| high | 5,830 | 52.1% |
| medium | 4,015 | 35.9% |
| low | 492 | 4.4% |
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Methodology and limitations
The source window runs from 2026-03-21 through 2026-09-16. Topics use disclosed, case-insensitive title terms and disciplines use normalized review metadata. Duplicate, dismissed, wrong-find, insufficient-reference, and previously suppressed findings are excluded.
Categories overlap, so a finding can appear in multiple topic or discipline cohorts. Document size, phase, scope, and validation status vary. The data does not establish defect rates, prevalence, or discipline quality.
Frequently asked questions
Which discipline has the largest fire and life safety benchmark?
Fire & Life Safety is the largest published cohort by finding volume, with 3,615 aggregate records across 489 represented projects.
How many fire and life safety findings are represented?
The eight published discipline cohorts sum to 11,184 finding records. Categories can overlap, so this sum is descriptive and is not a count of unique defects or an industry prevalence estimate.
What share of fire and life safety findings are high priority?
59.7% of records are assigned Critical or High review priority. Severity describes review priority when the potential finding was generated, not final project-team acceptance.
Does a larger cohort mean that discipline has worse drawings?
No. Document volume, project scope, design phase, discipline coverage, and validation status vary. These aggregate counts must not be used as discipline quality rankings or error rates.
Does this benchmark expose customer or project information?
No. It contains aggregate counts only and excludes customer names, project names, addresses, files, account identities, project identifiers, and finding text.
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